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I’ve been slowly working on illustrating my own Tarot deck about black cats.

I have a long way to go, but I’m nearly done with the major arcana.

Here are some of my favorites:

I set myself a design challenge (as I often do). I wanted to limit the color palette and the brush styles to create a very consistent look.

And since each card focuses on black cats, it forces me to think deeply about symbolism and design to make sure the meaning of each card is clear and each design is unique.

But there’s still a lot of variety coming through. It’s not all class, or all silliness - just like cats

I have a forearm tattoo of the cats in this one ☝️

I’m so happy with how both of these two managed to feel dark, but adorable at the same time.

And then there’s this one absolute diva:

Most of these used my own feline friends for reference.

There are more but I don’t know yet how many I want to share online. If I can actually complete the entire deck I would love to have it made. But I have a ways to go, so for now I continue to chip away, one card at a time.

thegeekstressart

Hey guys… I finished it. All 78 cards.

Much more to come soon!

cogneartive

The beatles

drinksomefuckingwater

drink some fucking water

awihog

"I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" ok well I asked fbi special agent fox mulder and he said that his theory is chatgpt is powered by a historical demon referenced in two (2) twelfth century texts that he actually believes is an alien taking the form of technology in order to assimilate better with the modern world and dana scully was also there and she just put her head in her hands and sighed

10alex01

Tribute to Final Fantasy V

yetanothergreyjedi

Me, Im kinda uncomfy I should roll over.

The creature: now is the perfect time to curl up in a little ball on the human

captainlights

were--ralph

daggerfall

Hey what

A Morrowind mod replaces cliff racers with Thomas the Tank Engine as creator Trainwiz jokingly mocks Mattel’s past crackdown attempts.

What

based

trainwiz

This going viral has been an eye opener as to which online communities are just THAT stupid, because I've had to clarify that, no, there's not actually a fucking armored hot pink Mattel murder van outside of my house, no they did not send a small army of robotic barbies to do battle with my wife's equestria girl doll collection, and yes I am including health insurance CEOs in that main statement.

gardenxkisses

As the U.S. government shuts down food stamps/ebt in November, AND shuts down food banks across the country, keep in mind:

If you see someone stealing groceries, no the ffuck you didn't.

gardenxkisses

How to be an ally

gardenxkisses

Very important! & things you would actually want to eat not that can of lima beans in the back cupboard about to expire.

yiddishfisting

and something helpful i saw on twitter ("lists like this" referring to long detailed generically applied lists of what specifics foods one should donate)

skambrent

Reblogging to add, check what that food pantry wants.

The local food bank here specifically requested food instead of money because they need the food NOW.

1los

10knotes

omfg that is just too adorable

satanic-b00ty

This will always be one of my favorite comics ever. It gives me warm fuzzies~

hello-missvixy-deactivated20160

This is the most perfect.

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

This kitteh having a little halloween adventure is one of my favourite posts of all time :)

wonderhawk

Every fall like clockwork this photo set pops up and we all must reblog it

zooophagous

ITS TIME

dduane

Always will reblog.

simkaye

Who remembers this game?? 😍😍

Not u bc unfortunately I made it up

Thank you every patron for giving me the means to create things I otherwise couldn’t afford to💖

sabertoothwalrus

for those who don’t remember, “mole interest” was an experiment I did 2 years ago because I wanted to test what causes tags to go trending on tumblr. My hypothesis was that all it takes is one (1) post blowing up in an established tag to make the entire tag trend.

I had randomly generated 2 words, which is where “mole interest” came from. I failed to consider that by generating a new tag, it wouldn’t have had enough posts already in it to prove what I now call “the mole interest effect”.

But now it does.

In 2023, we said “fuck it” a la mythbusters and ended up doing whatever it took to get #mole interest to trend. And it did. And it happened to be September 11th that day, and we managed to get #mole interest to trend ABOVE #9/11.

So, in the name of science, I ask you to reblog just this post. Let’s put the mole interest effect to the test.

faggottt

Social experiment: if you know what this is don’t say anything just reblog

batmanisagatewaydrug

this is perhaps evil but I can boost my mood in almost any situation by playing a game called "what was my mom doing at this age?" like rn for instance I'm sleepy because I had a 12 hour work day + stayed up late, and my stomach hurts a little from the enormous chimichanga I smashed for dinner, and my head hurts a little bit from the fat margaritas I had with the chimichanga. and it's like hmm, okay, not optimal, but when my mom was this age she had a 2.5 year old to deal with. can you fucking imagine. can't stay in bed decadently bemoaning your overindulgences because there's a goblin in the next room that's utterly dependent on you for food and hygiene and social needs and if you drop the ball you've fucked up a perfectly good person. and I'm pretty normal so shout out to her for keeping it together but god that couldn't be me, I like fucking around way too much.

skambrent

I have done this since I was 25, but for a different reason. Every time I feel like I'm struggling with mental or physical health, I think to where my mom was at my age and am proud of myself for keeping it together.

sylphidine

My "Six weeks until we hear from our good friend Jonathan Harker" post went somewhat viral.

I've had several folks in my ask box and in replies inquire how they can be part of the "experience the novel DRACULA in real time" phenomenon this year.

So here's one of the replies I just sent.

There's two ways to follow along.

If you want to read along, you can subscribe to the Substack and get the entries in your email. https://draculadaily.substack.com/

If you want to listen to the ABSOLUTELY BANGER full cast audio drama [with transcripts], you can access it with your favorite listening platform via https://redracula.live/.

You can also get lots of thoughtful analysis and fanart by tracking the Tumblr tags #dracula daily and #re: dracula.

Hope this helps!

Disclaimer: I am not affilated with either DRACULA DAILY or with Re: Dracula. I'm just a humble bookseller, just another fan, enjoying this annual Tumblr tradition.

skambrent

Oh my goodness, I almost forgot! I can't wait to hear from my good friend, Jonathan.